Blaine Edward Reese Sr.
Blaine Edward Reese Sr., age 76, of Georges Township, Uniontown, Pennsylvania died on Friday, December 26, 2014 at home with his loving family by his side.
He was born on Saturday, August 13, 1938 in Smithfield, Pennsylvania the son of Charles E. and Mary Ellen (Fordyce) Reese.
Blaine was employed with Herman Gugliotti Coal Mines and also with Fayette Tire for many years until retirement.
He loved hunting, fishing and mushroom picking.
Blaine was a Lifetime Member of the Haydentown Volunteer Fire Department, serving as Firefighter and as Fire Police Captain.
He served previously with the Fairchance Volunteer Fire Department, and also served for 42 years as a Pennsylvania Forest Firefighter in Fayette County.
Blaine was a member of Mountain Lodge.
His parents; sisters, Emma Lillian Reese and Freda Reese; and five brothers, Ernest Robert Reese, George Samuel Reese, Ottie Reese, Clarence Reese, and Elzie Reese, preceded him in death.
Surviving are his beloved wife of 52 years, Elva (Stewart) Reese; children: Ruth Reese Taylor and her fiance’ Harry Sanders of Lake Lynn, Pa., George W. Reese and his wife Lisa of Masontown, Pa., and Blaine E. Reese Jr. and his wife Candy of Smithfield, Pa.; grand children: Tonya Johnson and her husband Scott, Bobbi Jo Dillow and her husband Ronnie, Craig Taylor Jr. and his wife Tina, T.J. Fowler, Ashley Fowler, Brittany Reese, Blaine Reese III, Emily Alora Reese; and great grandchildren: Tyler, Taylor, Ronnie, Randy, J.J., Riley, Dylan, Lana.
The family will greet friends and family in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m and Monday, December 29, 2014 until 11:00 a.m., the hour of the Service with Pastor George W. McLaughlin officiating.
Interment will follow in the Maple Grove Cemetery, Fairchance Pa